Mini Accordian Album Tutorial

I spent 6 hours on the road yesterday day bringing our new dog to school. It was a great distraction and I am getting excited to bring him home after his training at TrailRunners. He will be finished 2 days after Christmas, so that will be my gift this year. The boys are excited to have a new friend to play with out here, and I will post pictures then. In spite of that, I finished up the tutorial, and here it is for you.

You need 2 sheets of 12 X 12 CS and a scrap or DSP at least 6 inches wide to start with. Cut one of the sheets into 5 X 12 and 4.75 C 12. The left over strip will be the band. Then cut another 4.75 X 12 strip off of the other sheet. That left over piece is not needed, and it can go back into your scrap folder.

Score the 5 X 12 piece at 2.5, 3, 8 and 8.5. Fold as pictured and this becomes your album cover.

  Take the two 4.75 X 12 pieces and score them at 4.75 and 9.5. Then fold them as pictured and lay them out on the largest middle section of the cover. It will be a little big and you may have to trim a smidgen off of the two smallest portions on these pieces. When you glue them on, they should be just shy of the edge.  hat way, when you fold them in, they won't hang out of the completed album. I trimmed a little more than was necessary, as you can see by the gap after I glued it, but that is not a big deal, since that will be covered with your mat, and photos.

The you can glue the DSP to the front bottom flap of the cover - this will be the biggest flap. Now it is time to make your and to hold it altogether. Score the narrow strip that was left over at 1.5, 2 1/8, 7 1/4, and 7 7/8. Each score mark gets bigger by 1/8 of and inch to make room for the expanding that will occur when you add your photos and embellies.

Then add a bit of glue to the edge and adhere. Try to make it as square as possible, so it fits nice. Be cause of the added room, this band will be a little loose until it is completed. Here are the shots of a couple finished ones.

 

The girly version.

 

Another masculine version. Here is the inside of a finished one. Please link back here after you make them, so I can go and check it out! Tootles, have fun and happy scrappin'.

 

Comments

[mueppi]

Great tutorial, Julie!
Today I made a album!!!!!
Thank you!
Hugs from germany Gisela

[C@]

hi!
thank you for your tutorial, it's been relayed from blog to blog so that I finally saw it and did one, it is really great and my son loved it!
here it is : http://mumscrap.blogspot.com/2011/03/mini-ado.html
have a nice and happy day,
C@

[valerie perlin]

HI Thank you Julie
I made mine thanks to you
You can see it here
http://ateliersdeval.blogspot.com/2011/01/un-mini-oublie-et-sa-fiche-technique.html

I made a tuto for your scrapbook, but in french for my friends and in centimeters. I quote you in the begining, saying it's your project that I translate. If you don't agree tell me
Thanks for all
Val

[Monica]

Thanks so much for this tutorial, Julie. You are awesome!

[bonnie weiss]

Great tutorial Julie! And, congrats on your new four-legged member of your family ... can't wait to see photos and hear all about him.

[Shanda Stirk]

Thanks Julie for sharing your great idea and then instructions with us. I have been following your blog for a year now and wanted you to know I have been encouraged and inspired by your song and your witness during this most difficult time for you and am continuing to pray for you.

[katie]

BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS.

[Lynne Hurlburt]

Thanks for doing the tutorial. What kind of puppy did you get and have you named him yet. What a great idea for you and the boys. Keep your chin up. Hugs n' Stuff, Lynne

[Cinthia H]

Awesome tutorial, Julie. Thanks for taking the time to make it. I'll try to make one and link it here.

[JoAnn Burnham]

Great tutorial. I will have to make some Christmas gifts with it. Thanks so much for sharing it.

[Claire Ventre]

I can't wait to try it! Thanks!

[Gail S.]

Some dear friends of ours lost their 34 yr. old son in Jan. in a tragic car accident. He left a wife and two kids ages 4 & 8. The mom got a puppy for the kids a few months ago and it has been a real comfort to them.

[Mary R.]

Great tutorial, Julie! Thanks for taking the time.

[the4js]

this is a great little Christmas present, I plan on making for my mother-in-law.

thanks it is fun and simple

[Gail R.]

Thanks Julie...what an awesome tutorial!